National Ladies Football League Division One Final
Cork 2-8 Galway 0-9
By Anthony Newman
A dramatic finish saw Cork win the NFL Division 1 title at the TUS Gaelic Grounds.
Two late goals saw the cup head to Leeside for the first time since 2019.
The second was given after a Rachel O’Regan palmed effort was touched over the line by a Galway defender, but to be fair there was little she could do to stop it.
Galway had the first chance of the game when Niamh Divilly played Nicola Ward in on goal, but her shot was well saved by Caoimhe Richmond.
Cork had a chance to open their account two minutes in from a Katie Quirke free, but her effort went just wide as she was shooting into a strong wind.
The Rebels came close again to opening the scoring when Abbie O’Mahony sent the ball in towards Leah Hallihan, but Riona Quinn intercepted the pass to clear the danger.
Galway, aided by the wind, got the game’s first score eight minutes in when Siobhan Divilly pointed and from the re-start her sister, Niamh, doubled their lead.
Quirke had another chance to score for Cork, but again her effort went just wide, before Emma Cleary got them off the mark.
With 12 minutes played Kate Slevin increased Galway’s lead, before another Divilly sister – this time Olivia – made it 0-4 to 0-1 in the Tribeswomen’s favour.
Eva Noone stretched their lead further to make it 0-5 to 0-1, as Cork were finding it hard to get out of their own half, with the wind being a major factor.
Cork had a chance to reduce the gap but another effort from Quirke went narrowly wide from a tight angle.
The Rebels got their second point 23 minutes in when Melissa Duggan burst forward to set up Aimee Corcoran to score.
Niamh Divilly replied at the other end to see her side lead 0-6 to 0-2 with five minutes to half time.
Slevin pointed in the final minute of the half as Galway were deservedly in front by 0-7 to 0-2 at the break.
Despite playing against the wind Galway got the first score of the second half, with Noone on target again.
The Tribeswomen had a chance to go further ahead, but a last minute interception from Duggan denied them a goal.
Quirke reduced the qap as she split the posts after 38 minutes as Cork were now starting to come into the game more.
Before that they looked like they were in on goal but Áine O’Sullivan was deemed to have overcarried the ball and the referee gave a free out.
Aoife Healy pointed for Cork, after 41 minutes, as they tried to get back in contention, to make it 0-8 to 0-4.
Three minutes later and Cork looked like scoring the goal they needed,
Quirke pointed from a free to put only three between the sides as Cork were enjoying their best spell of the tie.
Nicola Ward increased Galway’s lead to four again with 10 minutes to go.
Five minutes later and the Rebels were back on level terms when they pounced on a Galway defensive mistake, with Quirke finding the back of the net to level it, 1-6 to 0-9.
With two minutes to go Cork took the lead for the first time in unusual circumstances. O’Regan fisted the ball towards goal and had it gone straight to the net it would have been disallowed. However Chellene Trill was adjudged to have carried it over the line, and the goal was given.
Quirke and O’Sullivan added late points to see the Rebels run out winners five points.
Scorers for Cork: K Quirke 1-3 (1f), C Trill 1-0 (og), A O’Sullivan 0-2, E Cleary, A Corcoran, A Healy 0-1 each.
Galway: E Noone, N Divilly, K Slevin 0-2 each, S Divilly, O Divilly, N Ward 0-1 each.
Cork: C Richmond; M Duggan, D Kiniry, S Kelly; A Corcoran, S McGoldrick, R Corkery; A Healy, A O’Mahony; R Leahy, G Murphy, E Cleary; A O’Sullivan, K Quirke, L Hallihan.
Subs: M O’Callaghan for G Murphy (ht), R O’Regan for L Hallihan (37), A Ring for E Cleary (55).
Galway: L O’Halloran; R Quinn, S Ni Loingsigh, K Geraghty; H Noone, N Ward, B Quinn; N Divilly, S Divily; O Divilly, K Slevin, L Noone; E Noone, L Coen, A Trill. Subs: L Ward for L Noone (42), C Trill for R Quinn (50), A Ni Ruairc for K Geraghty (51), R Leonard for E Noone (55).
Referee: Jonathan Murphy (Carlow).
Munster SFC Q-Final: Cork first-half goal-rush floors Limerick
CORK 4-16 LIMERICK 1-16
By Jack McKay at SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh
After dominating Limerick and running the show against the breeze in the first half, Cork fell flat in their backs in the second period, struggling across the finish line in their Munster Senior Football Championship quarter-final to win by nine.
The Leesiders enjoyed a 4-10 to 0-7 half-time lead at Páirc Uí Chaoimh on Sunday, but faltered in the second, scoring a mere six points.
Despite being with the wind in the second period – albeit weaker than it was in the first – the Rebels could not manage a score until the 51st minute.
By that stage, they had conceded 1-4 to Limerick, all but one of those scores from placed balls. The goal arrived in the 37th minute, James Naughton dispatching the penalty after Robbie Childs was brought down by Micheál Aodh Martin, but Brian O’Driscoll was deemed the initial culprit and shown a black card by the referee.
Even after Cork did get off the mark in the latter act, they had still only tallied 0-2 by the 60th minute, and Limerick had reduced the gap down to eight.
A strong bench impact from Conor Cahalane – who scored 0-3 – and Limerick’s failure to capitalise on the numerical advantage ensured Cork never looked like being beaten.
Given the stiff breeze favoured Limerick so overwhelmingly in the first half, it looked as if this one might remain competitive for a period, but Cork’s four-goal blitz ensured it did not.
The hosts took time to settle in against the gale in the early stages – Limerick led 0-3 to 0-2 after 10 minutes, James Naughton opening the scoring after six with a superb two-pointer – but once Cork found their first green flag, the blood and bandage were unstoppable.
With 14 minutes elapsed, Colm O’Callaghan leapt to claim Micheál Aodh Martin’s kickout, offloaded to Paul Walsh, who set up Dara Sheedy. Set to feature again for the U20s on Thursday, Sheedy raced forward and thundered home his first Cork senior goal.
A minute later the hosts were in again, Tommy Walsh the finisher on this occasion as he blasted home from a tight angle. Killian Ryan clipped a point back for Limerick to leave it 2-3 to 0-4 after 20 minutes, but in the remaining 15 of the first half, Cork outscored their opponents 2-7 to 0-2.
The goals were well-taken, but all too easily engineered. Chris Óg Jones and Brian O’Driscoll swept forward together before Jones set up Seán McDonnell’s palmed finish in the 23rd minute.
The fourth major arrived on minute 29, Ian Maguire venturing forward and pulling off a clever dummy before tapping home beyond Jeffrey Alfred.
The second half should have brought more of the same from Cork, but they struggled immensely on kickouts and allowed Limerick to get shots off against the breeze all too easily.
Scorers for Cork: Steven Sherlock 0-4 (0-1 f, 0-1 45), Tommy Walsh, Ian Maguire, Seán McDonnell, Dara Sheedy 1-0 each, Mark Cronin, Conor Cahalane 0-3 each, Paul Walsh, Chris Óg Jones 0-2 each, Luke Fahy, Brian Hurley 0-1 each.
Scorers for Limerick: James Naughton 1-4 (1 tp, 0-1 f), Eliah O’Riordan 0-5 (0-1 f, 0-4 45), Barry Coleman 0-2 (tp), Killian Ryan, Rory O’Brien, Cillian Fahy, Mark McCarthy, Peter Nash 0-1.
Cork: Micheál Aodh Martin; Maurice Shanley, Daniel O’Mahony, Seán Meehan; Brian O’Driscoll, Tommy Walsh, Luke Fahy; Colm O’Callaghan, Ian Maguire; Paul Walsh, Mark Cronin, Seán McDonnell; Chris Óg Jones, Dara Sheedy, Steven Sherlock. Subs: Conor Cahalane for Sheedy (22-28, temp), Cahalane for Sheedy (HT), Conor Corbett for McDonnell (54), Brian Hurley for Cronin (54), David Buckley for Jones, Darragh Cashman for Fahy (both 67).
Limerick: Jeffrey Alfred; Sean Kilbridge, Cormac Woulfe, Diarmuid Buckley; Barry Coleman, Killian Ryan, Tony McCarthy; Eliah O’Riordan, Jack McCarthy; Rory O’Brien, Cillian Fahy, Paul Maher; Robbie Childs, James Naughton, Danny Neville. Subs: Colm McSweeney for McCarthy, Peter Nash for Maher (both HT), Shane Cross for O’Brien (55). Mark McCarthy for T McCarthy (61).
Referee: Seamus Mulhare (Laois)
Cork finish strongly against Galway in Ladies football
National Ladies Football League Division One Final
Cork 2-8 Galway 0-9
By Anthony Newman
A dramatic finish saw Cork win the NFL Division 1 title at the TUS Gaelic Grounds.
Two late goals saw the cup head to Leeside for the first time since 2019.
The second was given after a Rachel O’Regan palmed effort was touched over the line by a Galway defender, but to be fair there was little she could do to stop it.
Galway had the first chance of the game when Niamh Divilly played Nicola Ward in on goal, but her shot was well saved by Caoimhe Richmond.
Cork had a chance to open their account two minutes in from a Katie Quirke free, but her effort went just wide as she was shooting into a strong wind.
The Rebels came close again to opening the scoring when Abbie O’Mahony sent the ball in towards Leah Hallihan, but Riona Quinn intercepted the pass to clear the danger.
Galway, aided by the wind, got the game’s first score eight minutes in when Siobhan Divilly pointed and from the re-start her sister, Niamh, doubled their lead.
Quirke had another chance to score for Cork, but again her effort went just wide, before Emma Cleary got them off the mark.
With 12 minutes played Kate Slevin increased Galway’s lead, before another Divilly sister – this time Olivia – made it 0-4 to 0-1 in the Tribeswomen’s favour.
Eva Noone stretched their lead further to make it 0-5 to 0-1, as Cork were finding it hard to get out of their own half, with the wind being a major factor.
Cork had a chance to reduce the gap but another effort from Quirke went narrowly wide from a tight angle.
The Rebels got their second point 23 minutes in when Melissa Duggan burst forward to set up Aimee Corcoran to score.
Niamh Divilly replied at the other end to see her side lead 0-6 to 0-2 with five minutes to half time.
Slevin pointed in the final minute of the half as Galway were deservedly in front by 0-7 to 0-2 at the break.
Despite playing against the wind Galway got the first score of the second half, with Noone on target again.
The Tribeswomen had a chance to go further ahead, but a last minute interception from Duggan denied them a goal.
Quirke reduced the qap as she split the posts after 38 minutes as Cork were now starting to come into the game more.
Before that they looked like they were in on goal but Áine O’Sullivan was deemed to have overcarried the ball and the referee gave a free out.
Aoife Healy pointed for Cork, after 41 minutes, as they tried to get back in contention, to make it 0-8 to 0-4.
Three minutes later and Cork looked like scoring the goal they needed,
Quirke pointed from a free to put only three between the sides as Cork were enjoying their best spell of the tie.
Nicola Ward increased Galway’s lead to four again with 10 minutes to go.
Five minutes later and the Rebels were back on level terms when they pounced on a Galway defensive mistake, with Quirke finding the back of the net to level it, 1-6 to 0-9.
With two minutes to go Cork took the lead for the first time in unusual circumstances. O’Regan fisted the ball towards goal and had it gone straight to the net it would have been disallowed. However Chellene Trill was adjudged to have carried it over the line, and the goal was given.
Quirke and O’Sullivan added late points to see the Rebels run out winners five points.
Scorers for Cork: K Quirke 1-3 (1f), C Trill 1-0 (og), A O’Sullivan 0-2, E Cleary, A Corcoran, A Healy 0-1 each.
Galway: E Noone, N Divilly, K Slevin 0-2 each, S Divilly, O Divilly, N Ward 0-1 each.
Cork: C Richmond; M Duggan, D Kiniry, S Kelly; A Corcoran, S McGoldrick, R Corkery; A Healy, A O’Mahony; R Leahy, G Murphy, E Cleary; A O’Sullivan, K Quirke, L Hallihan.
Subs: M O’Callaghan for G Murphy (ht), R O’Regan for L Hallihan (37), A Ring for E Cleary (55).
Galway: L O’Halloran; R Quinn, S Ni Loingsigh, K Geraghty; H Noone, N Ward, B Quinn; N Divilly, S Divily; O Divilly, K Slevin, L Noone; E Noone, L Coen, A Trill. Subs: L Ward for L Noone (42), C Trill for R Quinn (50), A Ni Ruairc for K Geraghty (51), R Leonard for E Noone (55).
Referee: Jonathan Murphy (Carlow).
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